List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1990

This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1990.

A total of 116 singles reached the top 10 in 1990, a slight decrease from 124 in the previous year, with 108 songs reaching their peaks in the year while the remaining eight either peaked in 1989 or 1991. 26 singles hit number one in 1990, while 14 singles reached number two that year.

Janet Jackson scored five top ten hits during the year with "Rhythm Nation", "Escapade", "Alright", "Come Back to Me", and "Black Cat", the most among all other artists.

General sources

 * Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
 * Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties (ISBN 0-89820-137-3)
 * Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
 * Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.